Month: May 2020

Toxic nutritional beliefs – have you heard of those before?
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A toxic nutritional belief includes all those thoughts like –

1. Fat in food makes me fat.
2. I wish I could just eat like “normal” people.
3. I can’t control myself around food.

Do any of those sound familiar to you?

I will never forget the day I realized the reason I avoid baking or Discovering new recipes is because it involved more time in the kitchen.  

Time in the kitchen = time with food. Time with food lead to wanting to eat more food. Eating more food would lead to gaining weight. Gained weight meant I had less value….. (You get the point!?)

Thankfully with the help of psychology of eating, I no longer avoid food.  

I eat when I am hungry. My goal is to eat in a way that supports living the life I love to live.

How about you? Do you have any Toxic nutritional beliefs? Drop a comment to share below.

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Do you suffer from destination addiction?
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Destination addiction: The belief that life will be SO much better when you are thin (or when you are less stressed, have more money, aren’t in quarentine anymore etc)
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In all honesty, I get it. It is easy to think if outward circumstances were different, we would be happier.
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But the truth is this, if you aren’t happy now…you won’t be happy when you are thinner either.
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Some of the best advice I ever got regarding this topic was this, make an inventory list of all the things that will be better when you are thinner. Take some time and list them all out. When you are done, go back and circle all the ones that you can do now. (Sure, it may take some work on self and some self discovery…but most of the things that bothered me when I was dieting, didn’t go away by getting to “that” number.)
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You can begin to live your best life now!
“You were meant for more than JUST dieting”.
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Comment below to share what you find by creating the inventory list yourself. Are you living in the present or waiting until you’ve arrived at your “destination” to be the “real” you!?
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Let’s talk about judgement for a second. Ok?
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When it comes to weight and body image, I can’t even begin to tell you how judgmental I was. So I get it. But if you’ve been feeling judgemental, hear me out…ok?
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I don’t mean judgmental of the other girls at this point, my friend. ?
I mean why are you judging you? If that was going to help you…it would’ve helped a long time ago. RIght?
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Would you ever talk to your best friend the way you talk to yourself?
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So today, I want to give you a bit of (what I’ve found to be) great advice. Be nice to you. If you wouldn’t say those mean things to your kid, don’t say them to yourself either. I know it’s hard. Habits that began a long ago take a long time to unlearn…but you are worth it!
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The way my mentor explained it was a few great questions…

1. You love your kids, right?

2. Would you ever feed them a whole bag of chocolate because they were sad? ( But on the flip side, would you tell them they couldn’t ever eat any chocolate because they would be better if they were thin?)

3. How can you treat yourself in a way that feels loving, and be good to the “little kid” in you?
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So, what i want to propose to YOU on this fine day is…
If you find this helpful, maybe you too would benefit from some “reparenting”. How can you be the parent you always needed? ❤
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Comment below or send me a message for more info. I’m here for you. It might not feel easy to reach out right now, but it will be worth it. In order to get a different result, we have to make changes to what we were doing, right? I might be a stranger to you, but I’m really nice…I swear!

Are you tired of constantly searching for that one perfect diet? I get it. I used to be completely immersed in diet culture. I was obsessed with being thin.
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Today I want to share with you one of the benefits of making peace with the war on weight.
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Here is the thing about it. When I was completely immersed in diet culture (maybe you know what that feels like to wonder what is wrong with me? Why don’t I just have the will power to stick to my diet?)
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I get it. The truth is the media tells us it should be like that. We definitely should not be happy if we are even a little bit chubby. However, by being so obsessed with my diet-I completely missed out on many other great things in life.
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For example, since I was constantly failing at dieting (meaning I would try hard all day and then by the end of the day my resilience had worn off) and then I would eat off my plan). I swear every time I got back on my diet and then fell back off, it sent a subconscious message to myself that since I was a failure at dieting, I was a failure in life, right?
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I literally spent almost 25 years sending myself an indirect message that I’d never be good at anything because I wasn’t good at dieting (sorta ridiculous, isn’t it?)
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Thankfully I had mentors that care and by giving up the obsession with being at an exact weight I also began to see that…lo and behold (just like all other people) I do have natural strengths.
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For example, I am good at encouraging people. Thats why coaching comes naturally for me. I really like to hear what is important to other people and encourage them to realize they too have strengths. I love to point out what they’re doing well because it is fulfilling for me to see other people feel good about themselves. Its like a mirror. When I help others feel good about themself, it makes me feel happy too. Positive energy is contagious, right?
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Anyhow, my point being by giving up the obsession that I’ve had with a certain number on the scale, I have been able to see I do have a strengths after all.
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Ive found my passion – coaching and cheering others on along their journey. I’m a total people person. You guys light up my life. So, I thank YOU! ❤️